Task3. Choose the most correct grammatical or lexical structure from the 4 choices
given for each question or statement.
1. In England boys join the army if they don't want to.
a) must b) don't have to c) can't d) can
2. Have you been waiting long?
a) since b) from c) for d) to
3. Do you enjoy classical music?
a) listening to b) to listen to c) listening d) to listen
4. My father won't come to your party.
a) to let me to b) let me c) to let me d) letting me to
5. Unless you harder, you could fail your exams.
a) will study b) will to study c) studied d) study
6. How long here?
a) have you working b) are you working c) have you been working d) do you work
7. Baseball in the USA.
a) was first played
b) has been first played
c) was been first played
d) first played
8. I to stop very quickly in order to avoid hitting the car in front of me.
a) must
b) should
c) had to
d) can
9. Look! There's the boy sister won the Moscow Olympiad last year.
a) that's
b) who's
c) whose
d) whom
10. All of the faces were very badly sunburnt.
a) girls
b) girl's
c) girls's
d) girls'
11. She studies English a Language Link school.
a) at
b) though
c) for
d) by
12. I didn't like cabbage but now I do.
a) used to
b) use
c) use to
d) used
13. If you he was leaving, why didn't you tell me?
a) had known
b) knew
c) have known
d) were knowing
14. Don't worry! It was so long ago I'm sure he won't remember you to do it.
a) to have asked
b) to ask
c) to asking
d) having asked
15. I asked a lot of people how to get tickets for the Bolshoi Theatre, but of them could help me.
a) none
b) not any
c) no one
d) nobody
16. He's so rude! There's hope that he will ever make any friends while he's at college.
a) little
b) a little
c) a few
d) few
17. the bad weather caused us the biggest problem.
a) It was/what
b) It was/that
c) This was/what
d) These were/that
18. People usually liked her for her personality.
a) calm and quite
b) quite and calm
c) quiet and calm
d) quite
19. that you tell us everything, you won't be sent to prison.
a) If
b) Provided
c) If only
d) After
20. Oh no! She looks so angry! She heard what you said about her.
a) must have
b) must
c) can have
d) can have had
21. I to work when the accident happened.
a) was driven
b) was being drove
c) driving
d) was driving
22. Take your umbrella it rains.
a) in case
b) for the case
c) since
d) for
23. . He doesn't take his father at all.
a) after
b) over
c) up
d) with
24. A burglar broke my house last night.
a) out of
b) into
c) out
d) in
25. There is too violence on television these days.
a) many
b) huge amount of
c) lots of
d) much
26. people think that I am mad.
a) the most of
b) most
c) most of
d) the most
27. Sorry, I can't give you my homework. I tried it but it was too difficult.
a) do
b) to do
c) doing
d) to have done
28. I by a famous hairdresser yesterday.
a) have cut my hair
b) had my hair cut
c) cut my hair
d) had cut my hair
29. We didn't know about the murder until the next day because when it happened we the party.
a) have left
b) had already left
c) left
d) were about to leave
30. You look hot! What ?
a) have you done
b) did you do
c) had you done
d) have you been doing
31. Can you tell me the Ritz Hotel please?
a) the path to
b) the way for
c) the way to
d) the pavement to
32. I wish I to my parents when they told me to study harder, then I would have passed the exam.
a) had listened
b) have listened
c) listened
d) was listening
33. I find it difficult to come new ideas.
a) up with
b) over with
c) across with
d) through with
34. the fact that he got the best marks in the test he didn't get onto the course.
a) Despite of
b) Even though
c) In spite of
d) Although
35. If only I had managed Joe last weekend.
a) getting in touch with
b) to get in touch with
c) get in touch with
d) got in touch with
a) fetched b) brought c) carried d) took
1.b
2.d
3.d
4.b
5.b
6.a
7.a
8.b
9.b
10.a
11.c
12.a
13.d
14.b
15.c
16.d
17.b
18.c
19.a
20.a
21.b
22.d
23.c
24.b
25.d
26.a
27.b
28.b
29.b
30.a
31.c
32.b
33.b
34.d
35.c